noun
freshly curdled butter
Buddhist term for a dairy product made by curdling fresh milk, considered one of the five flavors in Buddhist texts. Rare in modern everyday language.
仏典では、生酥は五味の一つとして説かれる。
In Buddhist scriptures, freshly curdled butter is described as one of the five flavors.
From Middle Chinese 生酥 (MC sræng su), literally 'raw/fresh butter'. The term entered Japanese through Buddhist texts.